AUCTIONS IMPERIAL ARMS & ARMOR 2014

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Auctions Imperial offers the very finest arms, armor, and historical artifacts in March of each year, and is pleased to assist in making your experience a positive one. To begin, search our catalogue, either in print or online at www.auctionsimperial.com, and then either examine the lots you are interested in during the pre-sale exhibition and/or communicate with our specialists if you have questions.
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 15 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 650 lots of choice antique arms and armor including armor, helmets, shields, swords, daggers, battleaxes, maces, halberds, matchlocks, flintlocks and percussion pieces will be offered. Our fine selection for 2013 includes broadswords, baskethilts, shamshirs, shashkas, palas, kindjals, khanjars, tulwars and spears, as well as chain mail and breastplates. This sale will a
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A PERSIAN SAFAVID DYNASTY SHAMSHIR SWORD461 - A PERSIAN SAFAVID DYNASTY SHAMSHIR SWORD
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Of high quality, with horn grips and faceted steel pommel, both it and the guard wrought of fine Persian black wootz, the guard with fine gold-inlaid
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,500.00
Sold to floor for (6,000.00) = 6,000.00
 
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AN INDIAN KARD DAGGER462 - AN INDIAN KARD DAGGER
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The grip of characteristic form, carved of a single section of elephant, the straight, single-edged blade forged of finely-grained wootzdamascus steel
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 600.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for (1,300.00) = 1,300.00
 
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A FINE PAIR OF OTTOMAN KUBUR PISTOLS463 - A FINE PAIR OF OTTOMAN KUBUR PISTOLS
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The walnut stocks with intricately-carved running vines throughout, the buttcaps and barrel sleeves very finely wrought insilver, the wrists with silv
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
Sold to floor for (2,000.00) = 2,000.00
 
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AN OTTOMAN YATAGHAN SWORD464 - AN OTTOMAN YATAGHAN SWORD
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With large, stepped walrus grips typical of Balkan work, the gilded silver tangband and reinforces embossed, engraved and filigreed, and retaining a g
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to madturk5 for (1,000.00 + 190.00BP) = 1,190.00
 
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A RARE MUGHAL PLATE & MAIL COAT465 - A RARE MUGHAL PLATE & MAIL COAT
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Of high quality, likely an officer?s coat.Forged of heavy, riveted rings set with forged steel plates in the characteristic pattern, with applied, spe
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 1,700.00
Sold to floor for (2,000.00) = 2,000.00
 
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AN AFGHAN JEZAIL MUSKET466 - AN AFGHAN JEZAIL MUSKET
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The hardwood stock with characteristic flared butt, inlaid overall with mother of pearl in geometrical patterns. With massive British flintlock mechan
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Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (525.00) = 525.00
 
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A PERSIAN QADDARA SHORTSWORD467 - A PERSIAN QADDARA SHORTSWORD
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A massive example with polished staghorn grips and brass bosses, the straight, double-edged blade with offset fuller to each side, and elaborately inl
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (700.00) = 700.00
 
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A PERSIAN QAJAR DYNASTY SHAMSHIR SWORD468 - A PERSIAN QAJAR DYNASTY SHAMSHIR SWORD
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With octagonal grips covered in black shagreen leather, steel pommel and guard of characteristic form. The massive blade of considerable curvature, fo
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 1,600.00
Sold to floor for (5,600.00) = 5,600.00
 
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AN OTTOMAN BLUNDERBUSS469 - AN OTTOMAN BLUNDERBUSS
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The well-carved hardwood stock with finely-engraved flintlock mechanism, the octagonal barrel with flared muzzle a superior example of Ottoman pattern
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 600.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for (700.00) = 700.00
 
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A PERSIAN SUIT OF ARMOR470 - A PERSIAN SUIT OF ARMOR
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Comprised of an embellished helmet, shield, and armguard, etched with scenes from Persian history, and a coat of mail. The helmet of characteristic he
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to floor for (750.00) = 750.00
 
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AN OTTOMAN HANCER DAGGER471 - AN OTTOMAN HANCER DAGGER
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The symmetrical grip carved of a single section of green jade, chiseled overall with polygonal cartouches. The straight, double-edged blade forged of
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (2,300.00) = 2,300.00
 
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AN ALGERIAN FLINTLOCK MUSKET472 - AN ALGERIAN FLINTLOCK MUSKET
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The hardwood stock with flared butt, finely embellished throughout with bone, turquoise and coral glass gems, and silvered wire. The heirloom barrel i
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (1,100.00) = 1,100.00
 
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A VIETNAMESE GUOM SABER473 - A VIETNAMESE GUOM SABER
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A very rare type of characteristic form, the silver-mounted hilt with embossed and engraved monsterhead pommel and ferrule, with elephant grip, the si
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 1,800.00
Sold to floor for (1,000.00) = 1,000.00
 
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A PERSIAN QAJAR DYNASTY KHANJAR DAGGER474 - A PERSIAN QAJAR DYNASTY KHANJAR DAGGER
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Mounted entirely in silver, the pommel and ferrule engraved in floral motifs and filigreed bosses set with turquoises, the pommel inscribed, NASR MIN
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,000.00) = 1,000.00
 
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A MUGHAL KARD DAGGER475 - A MUGHAL KARD DAGGER
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A large example, with pale jade hilt, the grip reeded, the pommel carved as a fully-modeled camel?s head. The iron bolsters inlaid with gold floral wo
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 1,800.00
Sold to floor for (8,000.00) = 8,000.00
 
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A PERSIAN QAJAR DYNASTY KULA KHUD HELMET476 - A PERSIAN QAJAR DYNASTY KULA KHUD HELMET
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A rare example with anthropomorphized suns wrought into the bowl, and etched overall with scenes from the Persian Book of Kings, surmounted by a large
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for (750.00) = 750.00
 
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A RARE SCOTTISH TARGE SHIELD477 - A RARE SCOTTISH TARGE SHIELD
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Very seldom encountered, of characteristic planked construction, covered in deeply-patinaed leather. The surface set with brass studs in geometrical m
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
Sold to floor for (3,000.00) = 3,000.00
 
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AN OTTOMAN HANCER DAGGER478 - AN OTTOMAN HANCER DAGGER
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Mounted entirely in silver, the symmetrical, filigreed grip with numerous reeded corals in box settings, the blade straight, double-edged and fullered
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 900.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to floor for (700.00) = 700.00
 
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A RARE GREEK DALIANI BLUNDERBUSS479 - A RARE GREEK DALIANI BLUNDERBUSS
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The wooden stock of kariophili form, sheathed almost entirely in iron with a dentated widow to either side of the butt, enclosing applied brass rosett
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,900.00) = 1,900.00
 
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A RARE PAIR OF CONTINENTAL ELBOW GAUNTLETS480 - A RARE PAIR OF CONTINENTAL ELBOW GAUNTLETS
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With characteristic long cuffs, wrought to cover the elbow with roped and riveted borders, with four articulated plates and a well-embossed knuckle-pl
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
Sold to floor for (1,000.00) = 1,000.00
 
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